Several years ago, our father died and left a fully paid house to our mother because he knew she would be needing some financial support in her later years. Unfortunately, a few years ago our older brother tricked our mother into deeding the house to him. Our mother is almost 100 years old, and she…
On a busy day last year, 61-year-old Neil (not his real name) got a call from a man who called himself “John” and said he was from Apple AAPL, + 1.89% Tech Support. He claimed to have received a report that Neil’s laptop was infected with a virus and offered to fix the security breach…
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CAMBRIDGE, England (Project Syndicate) —A new show currently airing gives fresh meaning to the term reality TV. Call it “American Democracy: Clear and Present Danger.” It should be required viewing. Almost 18 months after the Jan. 6, 2021, storming the US Capitol, a House of Representatives select committee is publicizing the findings of its detailed…
President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to address climate change hit a major hurdle as the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to restrict federal reach in controlling emissions at power plants and beyond. The court, whose conservative majority has already shown reluctance in broadening federal agency scope, considered the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate…
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After 21 years at its current location in downtown Fargo, ND, Red River Women’s Clinic will be moving to Moorhead, Minn. The new location is a 15-minute drive away across the Red River, which forms the state border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Last Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade…
You’re tired of spending so much money on prescription drugs, and you’re perusing some very professional-looking websites of online pharmacies. The premises, and the promises, are enticing. Save money, free shipping, no prescriptions necessary, no doctor’s visits needed. Except that, if you don’t know what to look for, you could very well be purchasing fake…
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and hand abortion laws solely back to the states will exact a price on woman, diminishing their “opportunities to participate fully and equally in the nation’s political, social, and economic life,” according to a scathing dissent from the court’s liberal wing that dug. into the financial…
The existing patchwork of federal and state rules governing insurance coverage of abortion is set to become even more complicated in light of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that established a constitutional right to abortion. Different types of health insurance – including various categories of employer group…
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Now that a conservative-majority Supreme Court has banned legal abortion, many Americans are understandably worried about broader reproductive freedom and access to quality healthcare. But beyond care for women and the concerns of their partners, the rollback of decades-old protections from a landmark Roe v. The Wade decision is a reminder that the federal government…
The Supreme Court’s reversal on Friday of Roe v. Wade, the watershed 1973 ruling that recognized a constitutional right to abortion access, will have a seismic and swift impact. So-called trigger laws banning abortion in three states – Kentucky, Louisiana and South Dakota – will immediately go into effect now that the court has overruled…
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